Bottle-capping machine.



H. A. BEYER.- f norm cmmc; mcumi, APPLICATION FILED MI. 15. "I0.

Pafiented Dec; 4,1917.

I SNEETFSIIEET 1- 3 nventoz H. A. BEYER. I BOTTLE CAPPING MACHINE.

I APPLICATION FILED JAN. l5. l9l6- V 1,249,003. r Patanted 1m 4,1917.

1 satin-sauna.

' H. A. BEYER.

BOTTLE CAPPING MACHINE. APPLICATION mm me. 15. ms

Patented D00. 4,1917.

1 suns-sun 6 H. A. BEYEH BOTTLE CAFPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN I5 I 5- ISHEET8-$NEET '1.

- Patented D60. 4,1917.

concern: I. Be 'tknown th 1; I, HENRY A. BEYER, re-

",ljeiclin'g at Corona, Long Island, in the county n I I oft QueenslandState of New York have in- 5 vented certain new and useful Improvementsili l elqap., Lifter" e p. h s e home, f 'po' si tiyely retaining thenteli'otationin a. reverse ftfunther obqfht isjt'o embed? in thema-LeImean'e "wereliy the: mdchine willbe If aliptediobpetiate'qpon'bottles or other re- 3Q cepta cles' ozt vaty ingproportions. v V

iifill therfiobjeot isto embody in the ins.- Lchine ms foroperatingflirectly upon the upp r. r 2 (.l'

a in p" ,e t tei cqmbina i p rt's' and applications of .the i ven landonteinplated will be dfc al' j timings ihi h fr BOTTLE-CAPHNG; MAGIiIiNE.

r iobi e i 'qejm bdsi ifif he '5 ple gln'cljefiieient mans for operat-11min! 1A. B YEizgoF conb A, NEWYORK, Asemzwn T0! PARAGomMBTAL CAP 00.,0F Bnooxmm, NEW: YORK, AVCOBPORNBIQNYOFYNEW Yon' c.

but taken atj ight angles th'er'eto. parts hein g shown in, veitioaliis'ection for the sake of cleai-ness.

Fig; 3 iepfesents L' top plan View: e f-"the structure shown in Fig. 1.I Fig.4 represents a fragmentafy sectional View taken'upoh the'plane 0f'line' IVf-IV of Fig. 1', looking in the -direction' {of 1 the arrows.

Fig. 5 represents in"enlarged fragmentary sectioiial View -'tl1rbugh,the gripping h'ead and' associatedpertsl 1 I Fig. '6 'repres'ent a.horizontal sectional View'taken substantially upon the plane of lineVIVI of Fig. 5, looking in the direc tiuno'f thearrows.

. Flg. 7-represer1ts a horlzontal sectional View taken 15511 thep'l'zine of: line LVII1VII of Figg iflookii gfin the direction oi {thearrows. f A; V V 1 f 8 tepxjr'esents a fr gm yfiflih Figs. 9; 10; 11 and1'2 re resem 'dizig'rgmmum-flaws illustrating the SucQeBsiVe' steps inthe operation of the parts bfthe gripping 'head and theoonti'ollingmeans therefor Fig. 13,1-ep'1fee1'1'teg View similar to a ortion of Flg;5, but 1ll'11stratmg a modification of the structure .shown in Fig.5,Said view"heingft1ken pon the plane of line XIII-XIII ofFig."14,,1'ooking'i the c lire'ction of the at-rows; and

I" Fig. 14 rep z je'sents a. horlzontel seet'ioiial in the drawings sands a each other to cause the jaws of the gripping head to grip thebottle cap, and a second set of jaws comprised in said gripping head adated to be operated b said cam control ed means for locking t e cap tothe bottle after the cap has been screwed home.

9. Apparatus of the character described comprisin a rotating shaft, ajaw carrying member rictionally connected to rotate therewith, a set ofjaws carried by said jaw carrying member, die carried by said jawcarrying member, means slidable upon the shaft for moving the jaws togripping position and means for operating the die when the jaws are ingri ping position.

10. Apparatus of the character described comprising a rotatably andslidably mount ed shaft, means for rotating said shaft, a jaw carryingmember carried by said shaft, a set of jaws carried by said jaw carryingmember, a sleeve slidably mounted upon the shaft and encirclin the awcarrying member to control said aws, a cam shaft, means for constantlyrotating the cam shaft, cams carried by said cam shaft, means controlledby the cams of said cam shaft for sliding motor and said control meansfor operating the control means by said motor, and man ually operablemeans comprised in said connections for rendering the motor inoperativeupon said control means at will.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

HENRY A. BEYER. Witnesses:

EMMA WEINBERG, LOUIS BRANDEVEIN.

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